diff --git a/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h b/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h
index 3fab08c14c..b22a92af04 100644
--- a/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h
+++ b/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #ifndef DBUS_TIMEOUT_INFINITE
 #define DBUS_TIMEOUT_INFINITE ((int) 0x7fffffff)
 #endif
+#ifndef DBUS_TYPE_UNIX_FD
+#define DBUS_TYPE_UNIX_FD ((int) 'h')
+#endif
 
 typedef struct SDL_DBusContext
 {